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Artist:
Colour of Magic
Staring:
David Jason
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List Price: £24.99
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 Pratchett at his best on the big screen., 2009-10-06
As usual Pratchett works even on the big screen , the author is a very under rated writer on a par with Tolken and Rawling.
Funny,cleaver and entertaining.
If you have not sat down with any of his books before this film, you will after. buy them in the order they were written and read to get the full effect.
BRILLIANT....., 2009-10-28
This prodution is sheer class.Sir David Jason gives a terrific performance as Rincewind. Theluggage ,well, is the luggage and is simply hilarious with all those feet and being known to be able to 'swallow'a man who would eventually be puked up some years later totally bemused and in a different part of the discworld.
Fortunately the film does not stray far from the book,if at all.
Tim curry is great as the traveller/sightseer/visiting nurd and totally blind to any danger.
No Terry Pratchett book or film should pass by without a mention for
DEATH,one has to feel sorry for the bonebag as he seems to have
Rincewind as his nemisis,'OH DEAR,ANOTHER RINCEWIND NEAR MISS.'
If you love Terry's work,or even just LIKE his work then THE COLOUR
OF MAGIC is for you........
 Not nearly magical enough, 2009-10-06
As a previous reviewer has already ably explained, this is a bit of a disappointment all in all. Sean Astin, David Jason, Nigel Planer and Jeremy Irons all do their bit to lift this, but mediocre direction and some glaringly amateur CGI let this down massively. Some of Pratchett's nuances - the imps in the cameras, Death (despite the oddly immovable mask), the Librarian, and the Discworld itself - are superbly realised on the small screen, but ultimately fail to compensate for an overly wordy and frankly dull script.
It ain't The Hogfather, 2010-01-24
I suppose I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed with the 'Colour of Magic'. Whilst Sean Astin's role as 'Two Flower' is fairly in character David Jason as Rincewind is, if not a disaster, then an appalling miscast. He's too old (Rincewind is a YOUNG wizzard)and far too 'Del Boy'. It feels as though he and several others of the cast are hamming it up, particularly at the end when the DJ Rincewind character utters something like 'Come 'ere me old mucker' whilst grasping 2Flower in a sloppy hug. Nigel Planer would have been far better suited.
Over all I had the feeling that, having successfully rendered 'The Hogfather' then, whilst they still had the kit and cast there they might as well knock out another. A bit of a shame but still diverting if you're a Discworld fan.
ENTRANCE TO ANOTHER WORLD., 2009-12-06
I, like many others, enjoy the books of Terry Pratchett, and have not been keen to see them transferred to the screen. However I was very pleasantly surprised to see that I need not have worried. The casting was excellent,David Jason was brilliant as Rincewind.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5039036039017
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2008-11-03
Running Time: 184
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008 |
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